He soon dissembled a sleep.
Tatler.
Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.
Dis*sem"ble, v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.
Prov. xxvi. 24.
He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.